ATLANTA — The most revealing thing offensive tackle Michael Bowie did after Sunday’s 33-10 win over the Falcons was crack a smile.

Bowie and the offensive line have been under heavy scrutiny this season, and rightfully so. But the line played solid for the second consecutive game, and even added an exclamation mark.

The Seahawks had only three drives in the second half in large part because two of them lasted longer than seven minutes — the mention of which caused Bowie to smile.

“I’m a rookie,” he explained, “but I’ve adapted to this team, and that’s our style of play. We want to run the ball, we want to run the clock out, and we want to punish them.”

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Seattle’s line wasn’t dominant, and expecting dominance from a group playing three backups would be unfair. But the Seahawks managed the line of scrimmage, just like they did last week against Tampa Bay.

Marshawn Lynch rushed for a season-high 145 yards a week after posting what was then a season-high 125 yards. Russell Wilson was sacked only once, and Pete Carroll admitted that the sack was Wilson’s fault. Wilson wasn’t sacked the previous game against Tampa Bay, although he was hit hard a number of times.

“We’re finally clicking as a unit,” guard J.R. Sweezy said.

Pro Bowl center Max Unger (concussion) and tackles Russell Okung (toe) and Breno Giacomini (knee) didn’t play against Atlanta. Lemuel Jeanpierre filled in for Unger for the third time this season, and the Seahawks also added a new wrinkle.

In most passing situations, Seattle inserted undrafted rookie Alvin Bailey at left tackle and moved veteran Paul McQuistan to guard in place of James Carpenter.